So let's take a look at which players have been Olympic medallists in the table tennis events since it became an olympic sport in 1988.

Gold medal winners

The previous winners of the gold medal in the prestigious men's singles event reads like a who's who of fabulous table tennis players...

Yoo Nam Kyu was the first winner in 1988, then we had Jan-Ove Waldner winning gold in Barcelona in 1992, Liu Guoliang in Atlanta in 1996, Kong Linghui in Sydney in 2000, Ryu Seung Min in Athens in 2004, Ma Lin in Beijing in 2008 and Zhang Jike at London 2012.